Local Regulations PWC Serbia 2021 17 th Kopaonik XCup
Kopaonik-Raska, Serbia 10th – 17th July 2021 PARAGLIDING CROSS COUNTRY FAI category 2 event
These local regulations are to be used in conjunction with General Section and Section 7B of the FAI Sporting Code. Reference numbers for Section 7B used in this text should be crosschecked with the latest edition of Section 7B.
1 - CONTACTS
Club Golija Raska , Predrag Dudic : [email protected] +381641117724 NAC Serbia, Zeljko Ovuka : [email protected] +38163270974
• Main Headquarter : Hotel Kraljevi cardaci SPA Kopaonik • Rescue and medical Director: First Aid Service Raska, Kraljevo Hospital, Mountain rescue service (GSS), Helicopter Optional
2 - PROGRAM
Training day: 10 th July Registration: 10th July from 17h00 to 20h30, Opening ceremony: 10th July from 21h00 Mandatory safety meeting: 10th July at 21h30 First competition briefing: 11th July at 11h30 Contest flying days: 11th to 17th July Prize-giving and closing ceremony: 17th Julyt at 21h00
3 - TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
• 08h00 - Headquarters open • 08h30 – Protest result deadline • 09h30 - Transport to take-off • 11h20 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings • 11h30 - Pilots briefing / Task definition • 12h30 - Take-off window opens • 16h00 - Scoring office opens at the main Headquarter • 18h30 - Safe landing report deadline • 21h30 - Scoring office closes • 22h00 - Provisional results • 23h00 – Complaints deadline or 1 hour after 1 st provisional results
This schedule is subject to change by the Meet Director.
4 - OFFICIALS AND STAFF
The Organization
• General Organization Pg club GOLIJA Raska, NAC of Serbia • Organization Director Zeljko Ovuka • Meet Director Predrag Dudic • Take-Off Marshall Slavko Lazarevic • Goal Marshall & Scorer Srdjan Stanojevic • Transport and Retrieval Marko Miletic • Weather Forecast Meteo service Belgrade, Zoran Petrovic, Predrag Dudic • Headquarters Coordinators Ivona Fidersek
5 - FLYING SITES
Main take-offs:
Jadovnik altitude 1560m ASL Height above valley is 700-900m. Covered with grass, slope 20º - 35º, S, SSE, SW, WSW exposure. Big enough for simultaneous taking-off of 150 pilots. No power lines, no cables or any other hazards. There is a helicopter landing place 200m from take-off and a lot of space for parking official and visitors’ cars. There is water and shadow under the sun shelters and wood, as well as mobile toilets.
Kokorovac altitude 1330m ASL Height above valley is 700m Covered with grass, slope 20º - 30º W, NW, N, NE exposure Big enough for simultaneous taking-off of 20 pilots Helicopter landing place is in Josanicka banja (in valley 3,5km away from take-off) There is water and shadow under the sun shelters and wood
Orlove stene altitude 1740m ASL Height above valley is 750m Covered with grass, slope 20º - 30º E, ENE exposure Big enough for simultaneous taking-off for 10 pilots No power lines, no cables or other hazards There is a helicopter landing place 200m from take-off and a lot of space for parking official and visitors’ cars There is water and shadow under the sun shelters.
Others appropriate sites may be used by the Meet Director, after consultation with the Task committee.
6 - UPON ARRIVAL
The official registration date will be on: • July 10th from 17h00 to 20h30
Each competitor will be requested to present: • a valid FAI Sporting License • a valid pilot license • insurance proof document • GPS and suitable cable for it
Each competitor will be requested to sign: • the Waiver Declaration (agreement on release of liability), • the Entry Form.
Attention! The safety meeting which will take part in the event headquarters on the 10th of July at 21h30 is mandatory. Pilots who do not follow it will be barred from the competition.
7 - RESCUE AND MEDICAL SERVICE
A first aid team will be taken from local hospital in Raska. Helicopter is on standby. 8 - RADIOS
Radio receivers are mandatory for all pilots. Radio transmitters are permitted. Only frequencies allocated by the organizers may be used. Safety frequency is 146.675 MHz. Retrieval frequency is 144.825 MHz. Other available frequencies will be advised at the first briefing.
Voice activated microphones (VOX operated) are strictly forbidden. The use of mobile telephones for landing reports and retrievals is highly recommended. The pilots must stay in contact with the organizer at all the time during the task, through the safety frequency.
9 - TRANSPORTATION
Official transportation to take off will be every day at 09:00 AM. Meet director has a possibility to change a time of it.
10 - TAKE-OFF AREA
During the competition, the take-off area will be reserved for the pilots, the media and identified staff personal. The public in general will be kept outside the take-off area.
11 - FREE FLYERS
Free flyers won’t be allowed to take-off before the opening of the window and until the window is closed, except with the permission of the Meet Director.
12 - TASK COMMITTEES
Task Committee will include 3 pilots. Pilots of committee will be elected by the pilots at the first briefing.
13 - PILOT'S BRIEFING
The task board at take-off will show: • the time the take-off window opens and closes, • the time the start gate opens, • any modification of the take-off window and start gate times, • the start cylinder radius, • the turn points, • the task deadline, • the ultimate landing report time.
14 - MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
No task will be set with a general wind speed over 7 m/s at launch.
15 - RETAKE-OFF
A competitor will be not allowed to retake-off. A failed take-off attempt or a safety problem arising immediately after take-off which results in a landing will not count as one take-off. The pilot must report to the Take-off Marshall before a second launch.
16 - FLYING THE TASK
The take-off window will be open for at least 60 minutes. Cylinders will be used as start sector. The start cylinders radius will be shown on the task board. All turn-points will be 400m radius cylinders around the GPS coordinates supplied by the organizers, or greater which is related to task committee decision.
17 - FLIGHT SAFETY
Pilots must turn left on odd days and right on even days between launch and the start gate. Dangerous flying conduct, including cloud flying, is prohibited and will be penalized. A notebook will be available in main Headquarters. Pilots who witness a dangerous flying conduct shall use the notebook to report it. 18 - GOAL LINE
The virtual goal line will be 200 m long (100 m on each side of the GPS goal coordinates) and perpendicular to the previous turn-point. There will be a physical goal line or cylinder. All pilot will have to fly across the virtual goal line in order to complete the task. For all pilots, the time at goal will be the one stored in the pilot's GPS when he crosses the virtual line.
The Goal Marshal will check the arrival order of the first 10 pilots. His observations will be used only to update results in case of obvious GPS error. He will also check that all pilots at goal do fly across the goal line.
19 - SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION OR STOPPING OF A TASK
The Meet Director may suspend, cancel or stop a task according to Section 7B (2.6.2.2 and 2.20.7). Stopping of task will be announced on the Safety frequency. All pilots are then requested to pull in "big ears" to signal to each another that the task is stopped or canceled.
20 - REST DAY
There will not be a rest day during the competition.
21- PENALTIES
1. Dangerous flying 2. Cloud flying 3. Late report back
Every pilot that not report back within 20 min. after landing without serious reason will be punished. Report back time will be noticed and will be checked with the landing time according to the GPS tracklog!
22 - COMPLAINTS AND PROTESTS
Complaints Complaints for each task shall be submitted at the latest 1 hour after the publication of the provisional results and will be dealt as soon as possible.
Protests Protests must be submitted at the latest 2 hours after the result of the complaint is published at the main Headquarter. For the last competition task, protests must be addressed at the latest 1/2 hours after the result of the complaint is published at the main Headquarter. The Protest fee is 30 euro. It will be returned if the protest is upheld.